Life And Travel in India Being Recollections of a Journey Before the Days of Ra
Life And Travel in India Being Recollections of a Journey Before the Days of Ra
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The bridegroom then makes an oblation of oil and frankincense to the fire, as typical of his gratitude to the gods for the blessing which is now about to crown his life; this done, the priest hands him a torch, which he takes and waves three times around the person of his bride, signifying that his love will always surround and brighten her existence ; he then drops it into the pan or censer at their feet. The bride now scatters a handful of * A mill or grinder, used for grinding rice and wheat....
CEREMONIES ATTENDING DEATH. 169 rice and a little oil as an oblation to the gods. The chant having ceased, the father steps up, and, taking a new up- per and a lower garment, clothes the person of his daugh- ter ; he then fastens the end of her dress to the skirts of her lover's robe, and, taking the bride's hand, he places it in that of the bridegroom, binding them together with a mystic cord which is made of their sacred grass, typifying the delicacy of the marriage-tie, the strength and solidity of which depends not so much on the fragile cord which binds them, as on the individual will and resolution not to break it asunder.
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The bridegroom then makes an oblation of oil and frankincense to the fire, as typical of his gratitude to the gods for the blessing which is now about to crown his life; this done, the priest hands him a torch, which he takes and waves three times around the person of his bride, signifying that his love will always surround and brighten her existence ; he then drops it into the pan or censer at their feet. The bride now scatters a handful of * A mill or grinder, used for grinding rice and wheat....
CEREMONIES ATTENDING DEATH. 169 rice and a little oil as an oblation to the gods. The chant having ceased, the father steps up, and, taking a new up- per and a lower garment, clothes the person of his daugh- ter ; he then fastens the end of her dress to the skirts of her lover's robe, and, taking the bride's hand, he places it in that of the bridegroom, binding them together with a mystic cord which is made of their sacred grass, typifying the delicacy of the marriage-tie, the strength and solidity of which depends not so much on the fragile cord which binds them, as on the individual will and resolution not to break it asunder.
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